This detailed, hands-on review examines Nokia’s Linux-based N800 web tablet first as a consumer electronics device, and then as a platform for open source software development. Reviewer Jerry Epplin infuses the review with humor and deeply technical insights. Our review is here.
A Hacker’s-Eye View of Nokia’s N800 Internet Tablet
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someone give cloudy one so he can put BSD on it.
kthx.
What amazes me is that there are no projects (right?) out there that seek to replace the OS and/or desktop provided by Maemo. I mean, even the 64MB of 770 is a lot of space, but it is wasted on that Gnomish abomination. Both these devices have a lot of untapped potential.
Think something like what http://www.rockbox.org does for iPods.
(Yeah, I know. I should be doing it instead of whining)
Edited 2007-02-07 06:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sh9VoEb93I
Windowmaker on N800.
Don’t whine. just send me a 800
the platform is not as open as you think. a lot of the hardware is driven by binary modules for example. bbsicly they just want people to write apps for it and not much else. i’m going tn try tn roll my own rootfs with qtopia or gpe but im not entirely sure of the legality of that.
Browser: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows CE; Smartphone; 240×320)
There is not java machine on it :/
Indeed, through the omap processor has java capabilities on the die. Nookia didn’t license it.
Nor a lisp machine ;/
Nor a lua machine *winks at somebody*
Edited 2007-02-07 11:03
Can’t see anybody being interested in this device beyond the hobbyist/enthusiast crowd.
No way will the suit & tie set jump on it. It’s just not sexy enough for them.